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DonorVoice PreTest Tool Webinar Deck

In this session you’ll learn about the two, inter-related problems of traditional direct mail testing: 1) The A/B road to infinity 2) Throwing out the Baby with the Bath Water Donor voice pretest tool webinar deck_final View more presentations from DonorVoice. and how to avoid both with a methodology and tool well established in the […]

Learn More February 9, 2012

YouTube Nonprofit Video Contest

Regular Agitator readers know I’m a big fan of online videos to support nonprofit fundraising and communications. Many, many nonprofits have now dipped their toes in the online video water. So go ahead, enter the 6th annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards sponsored by YouTube, with the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN) and See3 Communications. Naturally there’s […]

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Was It The Envelope?

“The letter seems OK, let’s test another carrier!” You heard that — maybe said it — before. It occurred to me as I was listening to this Ethan Boldt (Direct Marketing IQ) video reviewing a new carrier format he thinks will light up response rates. One example is from Obama for America 2012; the other […]

Learn More February 8, 2012

Tips from commercial sector on Facebook engagement

Virtually every nonprofit has a Facebook page and most are probably still experimenting with content, metrics or both. There is some interesting research (from a Sept 2011 report from Buddy Media, NYC) on what works and what doesn’t to drive retail couponing on Facebook. This is all about getting clicks, which is an outcome any […]

Learn More February 7, 2012

Lessons From Komen Versus PPFA

A final comment on this affair … Learn from it! Follow some of these accounts of how Komen is responding (or should): From Holly Hall at the Chronicle of Philanthropy From the Washington Post From social media commentator Erik Sass From blogger Kivi Leroux Miller, a play-by-play I’m sure there will be more. This affair […]

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Has Your Check Arrived?

I’m not sure there’s any lesson here, but I just can’t resist browsing through lists like this. From the Chronicle of Philanthropy, here’s a list of America’s Top 50 donors in 2011, the amounts given and the lucky charities. These 50 donors gave $10.4 billion … although #1, Margaret Cargill, an heir to the fortune […]

Learn More February 6, 2012